Reply by Loren

PC was acquired by Black & Decker. They gutted the brandreputation in order to sort fill in the middle between the now pretty badly reputation damaged B&D line and thePro Dewalt line.

Old PC never had leading edge technology but the toolswere made well and sensibly designed.

I think Dewalt, Bosch and Milwaukee are the lines to lookat if you’re looking for tradesman quality stuff. All threelines seem to have stinkers in them still though. Makitais good too. Hitachi has some good stuff and some lamestuff.